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The Biggest and Baddest Backyard Roller Coaster

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cyclone dept.

BoomZilla writes "Following on the heels of previously reported backyard roller coasters (here and here), I'd like to add Jeremy Reid's wondrous beast to the list. This behemoth certainly takes the award for the largest, fastest (and most likely the most expensive) labor of coaster love. Located in Newcastle, Oklahoma, it has an initial drop of 20ft, pulls max positive G's of 3.5 and max negative G's of -0.2. Overall it's a stunning 444 feet in length. Total cost is estimated at $5.5k. Jeremy is, clearly, a man with too much time and money on his hands!"

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  1. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since this was a Slashdot article, I figured it must have been about a guy who built a 9-monitor roller coaster simulator running across 3 PC's.

  2. loops. by stagl · · Score: 5, Funny

    what? no loops? ;) (i'm hoping some crazy guy will take this challenge so i can see another article entitled "bigger badder roller coster")

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  3. An American pastime? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, do slightly crazy folks in other countries build homemade roller coasters as well, or have the slightly crazy Americans got a monopoly on this?

  4. Re:NIfty toy by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Pretty slick, but you just KNOW some kid is gonna climb his fence, ride the coaster, fuck it up, hurt himself and sue the guy."

    Wasn't it Han Solo who said "better you than me"? Man, it's like that movie applies to everything!

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  5. Biggest Coaster Ever... by pHatidic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone read the title and think that AOL switched from CD-ROMs to Laserdiscs? :)

    1. Re:Biggest Coaster Ever... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Apparently you did... but no one else.

  6. Advertisement.. by ewhenn · · Score: 5, Funny

    bag of popcorn: 3$
    300 yards of lumber: 5.5K
    labor to assemble: 6.7K

    watching the neighbors annoying kid puke his guts out: priceless

  7. Re:Fragile? by whereiswaldo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I dunno, but I'm still trying to get over the fact that an AOL customer built this thing.

  8. Cartman Land by Barlo_Mung_42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soon he will have to let in two people to pay for the security guard. Then two more to pay for the upkeep. Then more for candy sales. Then he'll get all pissed off because he doesn't have it all to himself anymore and sell it back.
    End of story.

  9. Oklahoma pass times by nhavar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah to be young and bored in Oklahoma again... this reminds me just how little there is to do there. You either work yourself to death, drink the boredom away, or find a hobby like this guy (which I assume involves both).

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  10. Re:NIfty toy by lewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right, but what's your excuse?

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